Syed Abdullah Muhammad Taher

Syed Abdullah Muhammad Taher (1958-) was a Central Working Committee member of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami political party of Bangladesh, as well as its International Affairs secretary.

Biography
Syed Abdullah Muhammad Taher was born in 1958 in Chauddagram Upazila, Comilla, East Pakistan. During his college days, he got involved in politics, and became a member of Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir, the student wing of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami. Taher also became the President of Comilla Association for Medical Students, leading the organization from 1985 to 1987, but he was forced to drop his career in medicine to do social and political work.

In 2007 he was arrested for extortion, looting, and grabbing by the caretaker government of Bangladesh before he was released on ad-interim bail, and on 2 January 2013 he was arrested by the anti-terrorist Rapid Action Battalion of Bangladesh's police force. He was charged with arson attacks, attacks on police, and conspiracy against the government, but he was again released on bail.